Changed in His Presence - Sam Hinn
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CHANGED IN HIS PRESENCE<br />
body. It flooded me with love that was not<br />
human. It went right <strong>in</strong>to my heart, and I knew I<br />
was <strong>in</strong> the presence of God.<br />
I cried out from my spirit, "The unholy<br />
cannot stand <strong>in</strong> the presence of a Holy God, Holy<br />
God, Holy God!"<br />
I looked to my right, as the Lord told me to<br />
do, and saw this beautiful light <strong>in</strong> the form of a<br />
body, sitt<strong>in</strong>g. Aga<strong>in</strong> I saw children l<strong>in</strong>ed up for<br />
miles, but this time there was no bag of gifts,<br />
and the children's faces were illum<strong>in</strong>ated with<br />
light and smiles. I felt their joy.<br />
As I looked closely at the children, I<br />
recognized their faces as be<strong>in</strong>g those <strong>in</strong> the room<br />
pray<strong>in</strong>g with me. I saw the Lord lift each child,<br />
put them on <strong>His</strong> lap and embrace them with love<br />
that I could literally feel. He held each child and<br />
tenderly stroked the outl<strong>in</strong>e of their faces. It was<br />
a lov<strong>in</strong>g gesture I had seen my wife use with our<br />
own children—brush<strong>in</strong>g her f<strong>in</strong>gertips across the<br />
child's forehead, down his cheek, and to his<br />
shoulder.<br />
I said, "You are so beautiful, Father! I love<br />
you! I never thought You were like this. Forgive<br />
me!" All dur<strong>in</strong>g this, He kept embrac<strong>in</strong>g child<br />
after child, hold<strong>in</strong>g them so tightly.<br />
I desperately wanted to respond to this love I<br />
felt. "Please," I prayed aga<strong>in</strong>, "let me touch Jesus<br />
and m<strong>in</strong>ister to Him." As I prayed and wept, I<br />
felt like He was go<strong>in</strong>g to let me do what I had<br />
asked. I began to feel as if I were all alone before<br />
the Lord, so I sang and sang. My heart was filled<br />
with worship <strong>in</strong> a way I had never experienced<br />
before. In the midst of a song, I felt the<br />
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